Stock · HEN3.DE · Consumer Defensive
Germany · Large Cap · Revenue 12 mo. €20.4B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the adhesive technologies and consumer brands businesses in Europe, India, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, the Asia Pacific.
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the adhesive technologies and consumer brands businesses in Europe, India, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, the Asia Pacific. It offers adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings for various business areas, including packaging and consumer goods; mobility and electronics; and craftsmen, construction, and professional industries. The company also provides hair styling, hair colorants, and hair care products; and body care products, as well as distributes its products through brick-and-mortar stores, hair salons, and digital channels. In addition, it offers laundry and home care products, such as heavy-duty and specialty detergents, fabric softeners and laundry additives, and other fabric cleaning and fabric care products; dishwashing products; and hard surface and toilet cleaners. Further, the company provides household cleaners products. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Summary
65.3 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.8B (2025), it supports €20.3B. The remaining €12.9B of the market value assume it grows 6.9% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
6.9%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 12.5×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 10.5× to 14.8×, median 11.1×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q3 2026
5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 9.93% | 12.35% | Rank 40 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 55.87% | 20.14% | Rank 86 |
| EBIT margin | 14.61% | 9.44% | Rank 74 |
| FCF margin | 8.90% | 6.71% | Rank 66 |
| Gross margin | 51.09% | 35.78% | Rank 79 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −5.05% | 2.12% | Rank 12 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 18.67% | 5.20% | Rank 83 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 8.66% | 6.07% | Rank 57 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 3.38% | 3.77% | Rank 41 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.90% | 4.25% | Rank 81 |
| FCF yield | 5.51% | 5.05% | Rank 57 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.65 | 1.51 | Rank 45 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 11.26 | 16.74 | Rank 91 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 6.59% | 3.24% | Rank 55 |
| Share price, 6 months | 29.35% | 11.30% | Rank 94 |
| Share price, 3 months | 9.42% | 9.00% | Rank 54 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −0.90% | −7.96% | Rank 89 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −0.24% | −0.99% | Rank 39 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.30% | −0.62% | Rank 64 |
| Dividend streak in years | 4 | 5 | Rank 39 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −0.34% | 0.22% | Rank 39 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 61.46% | 41.95% | Rank 90 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.16 | 1.96 | Rank 81 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.18 | 0.67 | Rank 86 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 20.30% | 25.82% | Rank 95 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, €B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18.7 | 15.6% | €2.3B | 434M | €2.3B |
| 2017 | 20.0 | 15.1% | €1.7B | 434M | €3.4B |
| 2018 | 19.9 | 16.8% | €1.8B | 434M | €3.1B |
| 2019 | 20.1 | 15.7% | €2.6B | 434M | €3.0B |
| 2020 | 19.3 | 11.6% | €2.4B | 434M | €1.5B |
| 2021 | 20.1 | 12.9% | €1.5B | 434M | €842.0M |
| 2022 | 22.4 | 9.6% | €654.0M | 428M | €2.5B |
| 2023 | 21.5 | 9.4% | €2.6B | 420M | €936.0M |
| 2024 | 21.6 | 13.1% | €2.5B | 420M | €1.4B |
| 2025 | 20.5 | 14.6% | €1.8B | 414M | €998.0M |
4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA vz. (Pref Shares) mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA vz. (Pref Shares) is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
4 of 7 rules met
7 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Henkel AG & Co. KGaA vz. (Pref Shares).
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 16.9 | 22.8 |
| P/B ratio | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.9% | 12.3% |
| Equity ratio | 61.5% | 42.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.18 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | 2.6% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| HEN3.DE | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA vz. (Pref Shares)this page | |
| BEI.DE | Beiersdorf Aktiengesellschaft | Low1.8 |
| KVUE | Kenvue Inc. | locked |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Low4.5 |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc | locked |
| RKT.L | Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | locked |
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